“Philadelphia is steeped in the rusted history of the Industrial Revolution; a city where abandoned factories and warehouses line former rail corridors that once served as the lifeblood of the 19th century American economy.”

“This paper presents a simple method for ‘do as I do’ motion transfer: given a source video of a person dancing we can transfer that performance to a novel (amateur) target after only a few minutes of the target subject performing standard moves.”

“In the Miniaturwunderland Hamburg, you can not only observe beautiful landscapes, planes taking off and landing, trains and vehicles, but from time to time also very detailed RC ships in the appropriate scale.”

“This week, we meet the very cute and very bizarre result of an almost 60-year-long experiment: they’re foxes that have been specially bred for their dog-like friendliness toward people. We do a little behavior research of our own, and discover what scientists continue to learn from the world’s most famous experiment in domestication.”

I love foxes, and for a long time wondered about how “tame-able” they would be. Turns out: something like 70%. But they would be very, very different from dogs.

Jevh M and his friends noticed a blank wall at their neighborhood McDonald’s, and lamented that asians were not represented on any of the existing posters in the restaurant. So they created their own posted and hung it up. As of this writing it’s still there several weeks later.

“Up-and-coming CIA analyst and paper salesman Jim Ryan (John Krasinski) is thrust into a dangerous field assignment for the first time, launching him into the middle of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorist, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson).”

“This film was shot in Burgundy, France in collaboration with The Cook’s Atelier in celebration of the artisan food producers and the international movement in support of local farmers and sustainable food.”

“A present for my cat ‘Rufus’. He began to resent me due to painful ear drops to fix an infection. I would return from work and he would run from me! Now the ears are better I wanted to do something to show my gratitude for his putting up with my torture.”

“Paul returned to his old school in Liverpool, now LIPA (The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) on Wednesday 25th July for an intimate hour long Q&A and conversation session with Jarvis Cocker and LIPA students to discuss his new album ‘Egypt Station’.”

I am featuring this interview because it’s the first time I’ve actually ever heard McCartney talk about current, contemporary music, and his overall songwriting approach. He also talks about the use of some newer digital tools in the songwriting and recording process. This is a great interview in my opinion.

“A look at the powerful connection between a pair of outdoor ping pong tables in the heart of New York City and the unlikely group of people they’ve brought together, from homeless people to investment bankers to gangbangers.”

“Matt Tomasello already scarred skateboarders with his last Fancy Lad part, but this time he came back with even more bootleg board contraptions and deranged tricks to permanently ruin the activity altogether.”

It starts off simply enough, but then…. ?!?!?!!?

This is making the rounds but it’s also kind of bewildering. I like it.

“Sandy hit New York City almost six years ago and the city is still recovering. As storms grow even more frequent and severe, cities around the world are struggling to prepare themselves for the worst.”

It’s a lot of prepapration. A lot of new techniques to keep water out. All still unproven but they have to do something.